Dodge WC question

[motto (RIP)]

It appears from the website referred to by Hanno that no Dodge Command Cars were delivered to the Russians among the almost 25,000 Dodges they received.

At the same time there may well have been a perceived requirement for such a vehicle and an alternative produced using available design and resources even if only in small numbers.

This brings us back to Jan's original question/s. Was the body purpose built for the Dodge chassis or was a body from another vehicle grafted on?

If purpose built, where was it done? If from another vehicle, what vehicle was it?

My guess would be purpose built as it doesn't have the appearance of being cobbled together from different vehicles. The skills needed to build and fit out a body would certainly have been available among those captured at Stalingrad and possibly scavenged vehicles for parts or patterns. The German influence is quite clear.

David

[Jan Mostek]

To Motto:
How it is possible that people in the country of cangaroos have the same habbits if they have a rush of energy, like here in the Middle Europe?

[Jan Mostek]

Another question regarding the Dodge.
The rear compartment (trunk?) seems to haveve a kind of a lid. But there is also a spare wheel installed, which is rather heavy to be on openable lid. What is your opinion? Is only the upper part movable? Or the rear lid? Upwards or downwards? or the spare wheel is fastened not to sa lid, but to the frame? What is your opinion? thksrgds Jan.